[Riceburner]

Jack

and his un-named tank mates...

 

[HawkinsStu]

Those pictures are stunning!

Love the Jack.

What do you use, camera settings,lens and flash?

Look farward to the reply.

 

[Riceburner]

These were shot with a 50mm manual focus Nikon lens on an Olympus E300. Flash above tank with the on camera flash as fill. Probably 1/180 or 1/250 and around f/5.6.

 

[HawkinsStu]

These were shot with a 50mm manual focus Nikon lens on an Olympus E300. Flash above tank with the on camera flash as fill. Probably 1/180 or 1/250 and around f/5.6.

Cool, and whats the f number of the lens? thinking of getting a 50mm for my cannon, hopfully will alow me to increase my shutter speed, current speed is 1/60.

 

[dielikemoviestars]

Hawkins - I'd guess it's f/1.8, but you'll notice the aperture he was using was smaller than that - f/5.6. You need more light instead of faster glass, as unless you're going with the top 50mm lens out there, the optics aren't nearly as good at f/1.8 as they are at smaller apertures. Plus, smaller apertures give you more room for fudges with depth of field and focusing, which can both be a challenge with fish photography. Grab Canon's nifty 50 (it's something like 40-50 bucks) and a flash to use as slave over the tank. :thumb:

 

[NorthShore]

While all your fish and photos are nice, that dempsey is a classic beauty!

 

[Riceburner]

Thanks. It's one of my new faves. In the original the rock isn't as burnt, might fix it though.

The 50mm is a Nikon f/1.4, but I don't use it that open most of the time with the fish.